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Woman Sues Trump for Defamation, After Accusing Trump of Sexual Assault

HeadlineJan 18, 2017

A former contestant on Trump’s reality television show “The Apprentice” has sued Trump for defamation. In October, Summer Zervos accused Trump of repeatedly sexually assaulting her during a meeting in 2007, saying Trump kissed her on the lips, pressed his body against hers and groped her breasts, all without her consent. She was among a series of women who accused Trump of sexual assault during the 2016 campaign. Trump, in return, called Zervos and the other women liars. This is Zervos, announcing her lawsuit alongside her lawyer, Gloria Allred.

Summer Zervos: “Since Mr. Trump has not issued a retraction as I requested, he has therefore left me with no alternative other than to sue him in order to vindicate my reputation. I want Mr. Trump to know that I will still be willing to dismiss my case against him, immediately, for no monetary compensation, if he would simply retract his false and defamatory statements about me and acknowledge that I told the truth about him.”

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